Automatic cocking-indicator.



No. 654,280, Patented July 24, |9266.

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AUToMA'i-ie eoeKiNe-iNo|oAToR- SPECIFIQ'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,280, dated July 24, 1900.

Application filed December 31, 1898.` Serial No. 700,805. (llo model.) I

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vlle it known that I, MORRIS I. RICHARDS, o Citizen ol the United States of America, and aresideut ofUtiea, OneidaeountyNe have invented certain new andY 'useful' Iniprovenxents in Automatic Cooking-Indientors, of which the following is :t specification.

My invention rehil es to nn automat-ie eookingindieotor on :i holt-levernetuoted gun; und it consists in the mechanism hereinafter described and claimed.

Myinvention hns on entonnoir: indiezttor for showing when the -ritle is cocked ready for firing and to show when ily is sa fe, and is partienhirly adapted to than elites of leverbolt guns where tht movement of the lever in to Contact with the entire side of the freine Cooks the ritie and where when the lever is opened the rifle is uneoeked :md is applicable only to that' class oi guns where the tiringpiu is in the center ofthe breech-bolt and the breech-bolt and firing-pin tre both' retired into the frame when the action is open.

In the drawings, Figure l represents :t vertical eentrzil longitudinal section of o rifle, the lever bein;r shown in t'ull lines, the broken lines indicatingx` portions removed. Figli represents n longitudinal vertieiil section of the breech-boli., :showing the position nlA the Firing-pin and eoehing-indieatter liter the gun has been discharged, the iringfpin being shown in full lines, the ln'olien lines representing.; ports removed. Fig. i) is the sinne is Fig. .2, theiring-pin being;` in the position before the gun is disehsrged with the nutoinztt-ie eoeking-indlent-or1n tho position whieh it :assumes when the gun is eoelied. `lI represents :t cross-section el' the rifle on lines A .l el:` Fig. l.

Siinihtr nuinemis refer lo vorrespnin'ling parts in the several views.

The type ol `:gun to whiffh my :tnlinnalir cooking-indicator is applied consists or at riiie having: :t rompre-eating bolt :Lotion whore the bolt is carried inside of the l'ranne, which reA quil-es the cooking-indimiter to he lowered so :aste poss within the C12-une, :ind when the bolt is driven l'orvszird hy the lever :1e-tion the gun is eoelied. lin closing,r the lever against the under side ol' the .st-eeh the gun is ein-heil ztnii'the eoehing-indiealtor :tssuines the position indicated in Fig. il. When the '..Yorkf bolt is retired inside of the frame, as shown in Figi l, the eeekingdndieotor assumes the position shown in Figs. l and 2.

Having described in general terms the describe it more ininutely.

tition of ports of'itg-un towhieh myimprove@ terms.

l is the'barrel; .2, frame; 4, the rear steek; 5, the butt-stock bolt; 6, the lug on the frame; 7, the pivot-1e -trie arm-Carrying pin, (shown Yin dotted lines atlOQshowingthestud workingin grooves l1.

Iilillustrzttes the breech-bolt wing; 14, the free end of lever fl; 13, inclino shoulder; 15, tiring-pim,lgrbreeeh-bolt; 17 and'lS, downward extending shoulders, which engag shoulder 19 on senr; 20, opening in' faeeef breech-bolt; 21, cartridge-stop; 22, set-screw for holding, tho cartridge-stop.

of cooking-indicator, which ceed to describe. v

Through the rear ol' the cartridge-stop on the gun illustrated and shown I provide the I will new prol'nee oi the breeeh-bolt. ne shoulder between the two elevations is indicated by the end of the eoekingindiezttor or plunger rides on the siiri'neesol' different elevations, so that when the gun is cocked ready for liring,PY tho cooking indicator or plunger rises atbove the -t'itee ol the breech-bolt, :is best illustrated in llig. Ll, :1nd when the gun is in a. safety position the liring pin or plungerossuines the po* the forestoek; 3, the.

which forces the cooking-iiiiiiezttoriilieve the' operation ot' the parts, I will now proceed to l Y in order to obviate the necessity of o repement relates, I will state the parts in general ver; 8, the pivotal point; 9, aportiolly-eoneen- My invention consists in an improvement opening 23 from the top of the 'breeoll-bltV nuinerol 2l), asillustratedin Fig. Tholower eition shown in Fig. 2, its opper face being einen with the breech-holt.

invention is applieeble oniy to firearms 'where elle Afiring-pin is Within the in'eeohbolt end' in eepeeieily applicable to guns Where the breeefrbolt is retired Within the freine when tine nation open., the arrangement beingv enen tiene when the breech-bolt ie retired withm 1in-tire frame the cooking-indicator is finso zo with folie 3.12@ of the breech-holt.

eoee intereeted in knowing ille status of the :25 iii-ing mechanism. y

Modiieatione kof my coekingdndiontor will readily suggest 'themselves to those skilled in ort but the eeiient features of my' inveniion ccnsiet in. forming e, cam-surface on the 3e firing-pin, which engages and operates an indioeter by reieing the same above the fece of breech-'bolt or depressing the same into e line with the face of the breech-bolt, .applicable to that close of firearms e greening eration takes place in e nololever gun when the lever is closed and. the gun breeched for nse and where the firingpin Works in the breeehfbolt and both'are retired Within the iframe, so that when the breech-boit is carried inside of the frame the 4o cooking-indicator is even with or below the surface of the breech-'bolt es it passes into the frame.

Having th us described. my invention, what I oaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 45 Patent, is-

In a, leverection firearm, the combination ofthe reciprocating breech-bolt, the reciproeating firing-pin arranged longitudinally within and carried oy said bolt, operating 5o mechanisms, a frame into which said bolt is retired, said ringpin provided with the longitudinal cam-faces, said bolt formed with a transverse opening from its exterior to the firing-pin, and the movable indicator carried 55 by and moving wit-li the bolt and located in said opening, said indieator at its inner end resting on seid camfineee of the firing-pin, whereby the indicator is Withdrawn into the bolt when the bolt is retiredinto said frame, 6o and the indicator is projected when the bolt is branched and-the ring-pin is cocked, substantially as described.

Signed by me etUtica, New York, this 28th ny of December, 1898. f

MORRIS P. RICHARDS.

Witnessem PHEBE A. TANNER, ANNA S. M. CLARK.- 

